SCRCA Image: 247241_19xx-xx-xx_BSw_RS_Up-Goods-Train-at-Ribblehead-Station

Image
'Up' goods train passing Ribblehead Station prior to removal of 'Down' platform
Image Details
Brief description of image
'Up' goods train passing Ribblehead Station prior to removal of 'Down' platform
Image Type
Context view
Image Contributor
SCRCA Project Contributor: Bob Swallow
Contributor's Reference
PICT0154
Date-related Note
Summer 1965
Location Reference(s)
SCRCA site 247241: Ribblehead Station
SCRCA structure 247210: Ribblehead Station - Passenger Platform (Up)
SCRCA structure 247220: Ribblehead Station - Passenger Platform (Down - Demolished)
SCRCA structure 247230: Ribblehead Station - Waiting Room (Down - Demolished)
SCRCA structure 247240: Ribblehead Station Main Building & Booking Office (Up)
SCRCA structure 247290: Ribblehead Station - North Barrow Crossing (removed)
Image Notes

Description: An 'Up' goods train (loco unknown) passing Ribblehead Station prior to the demolition of the 'Down' platform and associated waiting room.

Date: Not known (but believed to be 'Summer 1965'[*].

General notes: This image forms part of Bob Swallow's personal collection. Its clarity / quality has been adversely affected by the transfer from print to 35mm slide and, more recently, from slide to digital image. However, it is still clear enough to provide interesting and valuable information.

[*] For a better quality version of this image (with a wider and deeper field of view), see 247241_1965-xx-xx_WRM_Ribblehead-Station-looking-NW.